Town’s players were back at Playford Road for the start of pre-season training this morning. As ever, TWTD’s cameras were there, as were Cheick Kourouma and a trialist keeper, former Swiss international Eldin Jakupović, who was
Town boss Paul Jewell says the Blues have to be satisfied with the fee they negotiated with Sunderland for striker Connor Wickham. The Black Cats have paid Town an initial £8.1 million with the deal set to rise to beyond £12 million via add-ons, while the Blues will receive a percentage of the profit the Wearsiders make if they sell the England U21 international frontman.
Defender Jack Ainsley has put pen to paper on his new six-month deal aiming to do enough to win himself an extended stay at Portman Road. The 20-year-old was amongst the 21 players whose contracts were up at the end of the season.
Town boss Paul Jewell says he doesn’t want the heavy defeats to Norwich and Swansea to detract too much from what has generally been a decent first three months at Portman Road. The Blues play their final home game of the season against already-relegated Preston North End on Saturday.